Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 18 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Able to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
StarRocks database architecture
performance tuning
and administration
high availability
DR strategies
Kubernetes clusters
OLAP database tuning
columnar database technologies
OLAP
Optimization
Kubernetes
Database
Root Cause Analysis
Database Architecture
Database Performance Tuning
Disaster Recovery
Scalability
Job Details
We are seeking an experienced StarRocks Database Engineer to support performance optimization, reliability, and scalability initiatives for our data platform. This role requires candidates to be local to Irving, TX, with the ability to attend onsite as needed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Optimize and tune StarRocks database performance for high-volume, analytical workloads
- Ensure high availability, reliability, disaster recovery (DR), and observability across the StarRocks environment
- Conduct root-cause analysis and performance diagnostics for database and platform issues
- Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance data pipelines and OLAP query performance
- Support operational stability within Kubernetes-based deployments
Required Skills:
- Hands-on expertise with StarRocks database architecture, performance tuning, and administration
- Strong understanding of high availability, DR strategies, and observability frameworks
- Experience working with Kubernetes clusters
- Background in OLAP database tuning and columnar database technologies
Preferred Experience:
- Prior work with modern analytical data platforms or distributed query engines
- Experience with performance diagnosis and optimization in large-scale environments
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